Engine-cylinder oiler.



C. A. STICKNEY.

ENGINE CYLINDER OILEH.

APPLICATION man Nov.12; ma.

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CHARLES. A. STIGKNEY;

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i sTA'rEs PATENT DFH@ 0E* CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

Speccation ofLetters Patent.

patented. oet'. s; 1916;.

ApplicationledrNovember 12, 1915. Serial No. 61,175.

To all whom t may concern: j

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Spion- NEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and Statev ofV Illinois,have invented certain new and use.- ful Improvements in Engine Cylinder-Oilers, of, which thev following is a. specification.

positive means for at all times supplying the eylinderor cylinders witha given-amount of oil for eachl revolution ofthe engine.A

Another objecty of my invention is. to provide means forV varyingatwill.- the amount of oil to be fed to. each cylinder or cylinders.,

Another object; of my invention is'to c0nstruct an oiler that willsupply a definite amount, of oilirrespective of whether the oil is heavyor light.

llith these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combination of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described withreference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of thisspecification. v

In Vthe drawing, Figure 1, shows aside elevation of the oiler with theessential interior parts dotted in, and Fig. 2 discloses am crosssection on the line AA looking in the direction of the arrows. The tank1, Fig. 1, is adapted to be fastened to the frame of the engine in anysuitable manner, so the pinion 2 may be driven by the engine to operatethe oiler mechanism. Driven by the pinion 2 the reducing gear 3 isadapted to drive the oiler gear 4 in an anticl0ckwise direction, thegear 4 being journaled at 5 in the oiler case 6 so that when the tankand case are bolted together by the bolts 7 and the tank is suppliedwith oil the gear 4 will carry the droppers 8 swinging loosely on thedropper studs 9 down into the oil in the tank 1, and each dropper willcarry upwardly with it a certain amount of oil, which in a continuedrotation of the gear 4 w-ill'bel wiped olf bythe, wipersA 10, the oil.from the droppers passing down Ythe wipers. into the holes` 11, Fig.A 2,from where it is lead by pipes to. the engmecylinders. inl any;lsuitable manner.,

As shown in Fig. 2 the gear 4 carries` a setA` ofy droppers oneitherside and' each of Athe dropper studs 9,y (-iarriesv two droppers,

thus proyiding for. the lubrication of the four cylinders.

The ad-'usters 13, preferably y made of Y Iwi-re, and.- one beingprovided' for each side ofA the` oiler` gear- 4, serve. to determine theamount of @il that will be. fed to, the engine cylinders. Adjnstment.holes 14, Fig.. 1, are provided, into which the ends 15, Fig; 2, of thea-djnsters 13` may be.- sprung and the po.- sition of the adjusters inthese holes will determi-ne. the position of the crank end 12 of theadjuster inside of4 the-oiler case.

The, droppers 8 are, preferablyin setsl of three different lengths foreach cylinder, and thev adjuster crank 12 on the inside, of the cassisadaptedto. be so-positioned when placed in the lowest adjustment holethat allA of the droppers willpass. over itduring.

the rotation of the gear 4 without'touching it, and thus deposit all ofthe oil picked upV by them on their respective wipers. When the adjuster 13 is placed in the second hole thelongest set of droppers willwipe on the crank. 12 of the adjuster in passing,`and most of the oilwill be wiped therefrom, and hence the wipers will receive less oil whenthe droppers wipe against them. Similarly with the adjuster 13 in thethird hole the longest'and second longest sets of droppers will wipe onthe adjuster crank 12, removing most of the oil, and the remaining shortset of droppers will deposit all of its oil on the proper wipers. Whileif the adjuster is placed in the fourth position, all of the dropperswill wipe over the adjuster crank end 12, removing most of the oil fromeach 1 of the droppers, and only a small quantity will remain to bedeposited on the wipers 10. If the adjuster is placed in the fifth, orlast, position Vall of the droppers will be wiped their entire lengthand practically all oil removed, so that only a minor quantity will bewiped off by the wipers. It is evident that no matter whether the oil belight or heavy, the droppers will carry with-them a drop of oil andlubricant will thus be fed to the engine cylinders under all operatingconditions.

While I have thus described my invention with one particular type ofoiler 'and a certain arrangement of parts, I do not wish it understoodthat I limit myself ltothis construction, as it is evident that myinvention may be embodied inv many dierent ways within the scope of thefollowingclaims.

Claims: A

1. In an engine cylinder oiler, the combination of an oil reservoir, arotating member adapted to rotate partly within land partly without saidoilrreservoir, a stud on said rotating member carrying a dropper, andmeans adapted to Wipe said dropper as it passes by said means.

2. In an engine cylinder oiler, the combination of a reservoir adaptedto contain oil, a rotatable member carrying thereon a dropper adapted tobe carried Yinto and out of the oil in said tank, means for removing theoil from said dropper after it has been carried from said tank, andadjustable means for wiping oil from said dropper before said dropperreaches said wiping means 1n f lits rotation.

3. In an enginecylinder oiler, the Ycombination o f a. tank adapted tocontain oil, roV- tatable means adapted to carry a series of droppers ofdifferent length, a wiper associated with said rotatable means andadapt-V ed to wipe all of said droppers as they are carried pastduringthe rotation'of said rotatable means, and an adguster adapted to be setin different positions, so said adjuster will' wipe a greater amount ofsaid drop pers in one position than in another position.

4:. In an engine cylinder oiler, the combination of a tank adapted tocontain oil, rotatable means carrying droppers thereon adapted to alwayshang vertically therefrom and to have a portion of said droppers carriedinto and out of the oil contained in said tank by the rotation of saidrotatable means, a wiper adapted to wipe all of said droppers, andadjustable means Vwhereby the amount of oil received by said wiper maybe varied.

5. In an engine cylinder oiler, the combination of a tank adapted tocontain oil, a rotatable member adapted to be driven by the engigetowhich the oiler is applied, droppers of unequal length suspendedvertically 0nsaid rotatable member and adapted to be carried into andout of the oil in said tank by the rotation of said rotatable member, awiper positioned so as to be wiped by said droppers duringV the rotationof said rotatable members and to receive oil from said droppers duringsaid wiping, means forv leading the oil so collected from said wiper,

and an adjuster so positioned that it may be set to wipe all of thedroppers longer than any predetermined length before said vdroppers arecarried to said wi}; er.V

CHARLES A. STICKNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingVthe "Commissioner of Patent-a. Washington, D. C.

